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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Nakayama, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Harayama, Toyota, JP;
Kazuyuki Kusama, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/36 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); F16B 19/00 (2006.01); F16B 19/10 (2006.01); B21J 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/362 (2013.01); B21J 15/043 (2013.01); F16B 19/008 (2013.01); F16B 19/1045 (2013.01); H01M 2/36 (2013.01); H01M 2/365 (2013.01); H01M 2/361 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sealed battery includes a filling hole, and a gasket and a blind rivet that seal the filling hole. A tapered surface that is inclined toward an inside of a battery case is formed around the filling hole of the battery case. The filling hole is sealed by the gasket and the blind rivet by the blind rivet plastic deforming.